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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/21/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Ice from glaciers fizzes naturally. There may be some transportation issues.
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    08/21/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    If you substitute teh mentos with C4, and the soda with fuming nitric acid, the results are much better.
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    You all realize that icecubes are largely clear, right? And that you would see the mentos long before it melted and probably not drink a tainted cola, right?
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    Image of anderlan anderlan
    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    1. freeze ice cubes in a mold so that there is half a sphere taken out of one of the faces of the cube. So, a half-sphere raised in the bottom of an otherwise rectangular mold.

    2. In a frozen environment, take 2 of the above cubes. Place 1 mentos into the empty half-sphere of one of the cubes.

    3. Still in the freezing environment, use a thin layer of water to seal the surfaces of the 2 cubes together around the mentos. Deploy cubes when unsuspecting victim is ready for his treat.
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    Image of OrbitalGun OrbitalGun
    08/20/09

    @anderlan: For this amount of effort, wouldn't it just be easier to walk over to them and directly dump a glass of soda on their head?
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    08/20/09

    @OrbitalGun: +1
    Maybe you could even install a Mentos dropper in the ceiling. Based on the same premise as the "Claw" game at arcades where you try to get a stuffed animal out of a box. However, in this instance, you control a Mentos dropper. That you swiftly maneuvre to drop said Mentos into an unsuspecting guest's drink.
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    Image of anderlan anderlan
    08/21/09

    @OrbitalGun: You're right.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Now, what would happen if you clogged up a toilet, filled it full of diet soda, and then saran wrapped it with a hole just big enough to drop mentos?
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    08/20/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: It would sound alot like college?
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    08/20/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore:you'd have nowhere to go when you need to shit yourself after what happens
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    Image of urban_ryoga urban_ryoga
    08/20/09

    @My Secret Identity: :O I'm in college! That idea is totally awesome bro!
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    08/21/09

    @Itspeat!: I thought the "traditional" method was to use your own pants. It's been a while though....
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Dangit! DANGIT! DAMMIT! NOTHING GOOD EVER WORKS OUT! I HATE you.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Those paper salt packets work pretty good though.
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Why must we all insist on using the latest gags. What's wrong with a nice, old-fashioned prank like whoopie cushions, vampire teeth, or staking burning crosses in people's front lawns?

    We've all grown up too fast i say.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    even if you could avoid having the mentos being physically compromised, since the ice will not melt uniformly, it will result in a small amount of surface area being exposed, which would only grow very gradually, which wouldn't have the violent effect that introducing all the surface area at once does.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    For some reason I hate those guys. I've never seen them before, but I hate them.

    At least it provides a good example of why you should be careful on the internet. If you aren't, you'll end up looking like a tool who gets waaaay too excited about mentos.
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    08/20/09

    @guineapirate: People... they're the worst.
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Off to try freezing salt in ice...
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    I wonder if you spritzed the mentos in oil then dipped them in corn starch would that help in preserving the mentos long enough until the ice melts. This of course assume the oil doesn't cause the shell to dissolve. Then further assuming that the gluten shell of the corn starch would be stable enough to block out water. Then further further assuming that once the ice melts you'd somehow get the corn starch coatings off.... Ok maybe this is a bad idea :P
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    Image of OldSchoolGadgetLover OldSchoolGadgetLover
    08/20/09

    @satoru: Yeesh... at some point isn't it just easier to take some sodium metal, put it in gelatin capsule, and drop it into the cold drink?
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    08/20/09

    @OldSchoolGadgetLover: That would be exciting! BANG!
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Dry ice
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    Image of Biscuitcleaver Biscuitcleaver
    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    That's a pretty good segment. Quickly divulging what different versions of a mentos would do in carbonated liquids.
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    08/20/09

    @Biscuitcleaver: Mentos in cola: sugary eruption

    Mentos in DIET cola: less sticky eruption

    Mentos in beer: Milder eruption

    Mentos in pee: Minty Pee.
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    08/20/09

    In reply to Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn't Work
    Easy solution. Take the Mento, and surround it with some plastic wrap/wax paper, with the top of the tuft sticking out of the top of the cube. That should protect it until the melting cube breaks up, and gravity will make the pouch fall and as soon as some coke hits the mento, it will push the mento out of the plastic and you have a fountain.

    I think.
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    08/20/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: Hell, for that amount of work it's easier (and perhaps just as funny) to throw your drink in the intended victim's face.
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    08/20/09

    @nwaasob: there's always the old standby: whip 'em out and spray down the whole bar.
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    08/20/09


    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: Close - Freeze two ice-cubes with a mento sitting on top of each, creating a divot.

    Once frozen, remove the mento from each, place a new mento in the divot of one. This is the 'bottom'. Take some warm water on your finger tip and run it around the rim of the 'bottom' cube. Then take the other cube and put it on top. Stick the whole thing in the freezer.

    This way you should have an encapsulated mento - untouched by water.
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    08/20/09

    @bornonbord: What you say is true: It would still get wet as it melts. one side of the Mentos will be touching the ice, and as long as it has any salt in it, it will lower the freezing point and melt the ice on the inside.
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    08/20/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_DeathPanelist: Nah, ice melts from the outside in.

    Besides, the seal would most likely melt first, bringing a gush of soda to the inner chambers.

    (also, apologies for spelling your name wrong in the illustration)
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    08/20/09

    @bornonbord: What you say is true: I know it melts from the outside in. But if there sodium in the Mento shell, as the melting nears it, the contact with the water will melt the shell.
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